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Drake - Uptown

Drake
Artist:Drake
Title:Uptown
Featuring:Lil Wayne , Bun B
Producer: Boi-1da & Northern Profit
Album:So Far Gone
Label:YMCMB/Universal Motown
Twitter:@Drake
Website:Drake's Website

Average Rating:   43210   4.4
Total Ratings:       141

After months of anticipation and numerous features in the Booth, perennial Rap/Underground chart occupant and two-time Best of the Booth Award-winner Drake finally released his So Far Gone mixtape this past Friday, February 13th.  Today, as a special treat for all you listeners, we are featuring the original version of Uptown; as on the mixtape cut, Drizzy teams up with Lil Wayne and Bun B to talk about life in their respective hometowns, from Toronto to New Orleans to Port Arthur, Texas.  Unlike the version that actually made the mixtape, Weezy leaves behind his heavily-autotuned verse, only singing a hook over Boi 1-da and Northern Profit‘s Billy Joel-sampling production.  Now that So Far Gone has finally been released, fans can start looking forward to Drake’s forthcoming debut album, Thank Me Later, which currently has no set release date.


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$elfMADEmillionair
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Total Ratings: 21
Rating:  54321
classic drake n weezy. everyone goes hard but drake is becoming one of my all time favorites cuz hes sucha BEAST


Posted on Feb 16, 2009    

@laidback_23
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Total Ratings: 47
Rating:  54321
This song is crazy...if this is only a mixtape song...tha album is go be CRAZY


Posted on Feb 16, 2009    

BigTstacksmoney
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Total Ratings: 104
Rating:  54321
Amazing!!!


Posted on Feb 16, 2009    

ultimate hip-hop
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Total Ratings: 688
Rating:  54321
This song is insane! Beat is hot and Drake's flow and wordplay on this is dope! Combine that with the hot hook and Bun B and Wayne with solid verses! Nice production! Classic!


Posted on Feb 16, 2009    

DJ Squintz
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Total Ratings: 66
Rating:  43211
This beat is hot. Drake has great word play. He does not sound like fabolous but has a similar style. Bun B is good on this track.


Posted on Feb 16, 2009    

Mike Dreams
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Mike Dreams
Total Ratings: 2133
Rating:  43211
This was one of the better tracks on this tape.

STUPID MUDASUCKAS!

The production went hard. The hook was decent as well.

Drizzy's swagger was so high on this.


Posted on Feb 16, 2009    

Juanito_88
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Juanito_88
Total Ratings: 1078
Rating:  32121
This is a pretty decent track... The production is cool, but i didn't think it was great. Drake was nice on his part of it, and Bun B did his thing. I liked their verses, but at the same time the flow was a little wierd to me... Wayne was a good fit on the hook. In rotation....


Posted on Feb 16, 2009    

J Worthy
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J Worthy
Total Ratings: 334
Rating:  54321
I need that weezy verse though


Posted on Feb 16, 2009    

mred
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Total Ratings: 15
tru that where lil wayne verse at?


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

gijones
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Total Ratings: 72
Rating:  54321
drake is the next big thing his lyrics are just as good as lil waynes


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

DJ Z
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DJ Z
Total Ratings: 8062
Rating:  43211
For the longest time I never understood why people were all about Drake. We featured his music time after time, but I never felt as strongly about it as most of our members. Song like UPTOWN (and his whole damn new mixtape - which is superb), though, completely changed my mind.

He is a talent, no doubt about it. Nice listen all around.
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Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

dj Zee-Mer
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Total Ratings: 27
Rating:  43211
I am EAGERLY awaiting Drake's album. He's got a sweet a$$, smooth flow. He's got that "Weezy-sound", but smoother, sexier. (Sorry, Wayne, we can straighten it out later).


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

jermaineatl
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jermaineatl
Total Ratings: 261
Rating:  32121
what kind of genre is north of the border?....
like the chorus says. Its ok...


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

Mrmag
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Mrmag
Total Ratings: 443
Rating:  43211
heard this the other day and this is a straight banger. This is a track for the block, thumping on some 10 inch speakers.


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

that1kid13
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that1kid13
Total Ratings: 1644
Rating:  54321
i heard this mixtape!!! idk what it is bout DRAKE but its FIRE! most the mixtape was! this kid is goin to the top, and dammit we're gonna help him get there lol.


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

that1kid13
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that1kid13
Total Ratings: 1644
Rating:  54321
gijones.. "almost as good as lil wayne"????
get outta here with that lol.


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

Mike Dreams
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Mike Dreams
Total Ratings: 2133
Rating:  43211
jermaineatl, what kind of question is that yo? I KNOW you aren't one of those closed minded people who thinks Canada is so foreign that they don't have hip hop or R&B and all talk like those moose from "Brother Bear".


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

triv4life
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triv4life
Total Ratings: 110
Rating:  54321
Great song by drake mixtape is nasty!


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

yacko15
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Total Ratings: 9
Rating:  54321
Drizzy is awesome. I think he is gunna change the game, (along with sparks). Great flow and I liked weezy on the hook


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

Mr.Top Hat
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Mr.Top Hat
Total Ratings: 3522
Rating:  32121
i aint feelin this as much as some of ya do to rate dis as a banger ..... but def a solid collab all in all .....


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

mmoore1127
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mmoore1127
Total Ratings: 727
Rating:  43211
This is tight..... don't really know what else to say! Good word play from Drake and Bun B.


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

RJay
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RJay
Total Ratings: 31
Rating:  32121
Drizzy is that due been doin his thing for a minute, nice collabo


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

Z Mill
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Total Ratings: 2
Rating:  54321
One Word.....Playa


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

DJDPOfStayHypeInc
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Total Ratings: 4
Rating:  54321
i'm feelin dis
definitely a hit n could sweep da radio stations all over da south


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

Tex
Rating:  43211
Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

ripcity
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Total Ratings: 120
Rating:  54321
This beat truly goes hard. I'm speechless........
Official RipCity CLASSIC


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

So Sick Wit It
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Total Ratings: 112
Rating:  54321
this is FIRE i like drake cuz
A) he's a beast
B) he's reppin Toronto and i used to live in Toronto so i'm glad we finally have a really good rapper from there
C) he makes tracks with weezy (my favorite rapper)
and also, Bun B does what he does this is a ridiculous track because of the really raw lyrics and the ridiculous production...R.I.P. PIMP C!!!!


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

Menilik - MHD
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Menilik - MHD
Total Ratings: 393
Rating:  14321
CRAP!!! i dnt get th buzz on this


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

frozilla33
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frozilla33
Total Ratings: 385
Rating:  32121
Good song but don't see it getting much mainstream play, I've thought all Drake songs were definitly quality but as far as enough to propel him into the mainstream, I don't think so. Idk why, but I don't find it "unique" and energetic enough, its allll good, but not great.


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

DjDaktari
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Total Ratings: 2
Rating:  43211
nice, i mean i don't think this is the gonna be the new track that shakes the world of hip hop, but really man drake is good and this track is pretty damn nice.


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

Gr33nBowlP4ck3r
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Total Ratings: 99
Rating:  54321
WOW, can you ask for more? 1/2 ugk and drake the god of fire, lil wayne is meh, oversaturation, im sick of him, i love the beat and i got this as my ringtone


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

o_black
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Total Ratings: 120
Rating:  54321
no doubt a top song for now...but did anyone book he's seems to be sorta atheist...
"Thats why i never follow God's Suggestions..."
"Girls don't get saved round me, even on a sunday..."

making me double think this artist still...


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

firedawgh
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Total Ratings: 31
Rating:  54321
diz is ma jam heard it last week,
nice beat wit it.


Posted on Feb 17, 2009    

Sunshine01
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Total Ratings: 19
Rating:  54321
CRAZYYY!!!


Posted on Feb 18, 2009    

sponge
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Total Ratings: 31
Rating:  43211
I waited and waited for Weezy but nontheless tight joint!!!!!!!!


Posted on Feb 18, 2009    

Bo-SoxKiD09
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Total Ratings: 622
Rating:  54321
Heard it a while back... but this weekend was the first time I really listened to it... Get'em Drizzy... 5 StArS


Posted on Feb 18, 2009    

K.Mitchell
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K.Mitchell
Total Ratings: 79
Rating:  43211
im fallin for drake...he'z catchin sum serious attention from me i've loved every song i heard from him so far...hhmmmm this song is hot good enough to go on myPod


Posted on Feb 18, 2009    

sara123
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sara123
Total Ratings: 1
Rating:  54321
I love drake ever since i heard him, all i could think is wayne watch out


Posted on Feb 18, 2009    

nizxplay
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Total Ratings: 47
Rating:  54321
sick


Posted on Feb 18, 2009    

therealalig
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Total Ratings: 24
Rating:  54321
drake can carry any beat


Posted on Feb 19, 2009    

Winters
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Winters
Total Ratings: 38
Rating:  54321
Weezy and Drake
need i say more?


Posted on Feb 20, 2009    

Blount Man
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Total Ratings: 7
Rating:  54321
nice classic. wanted a wayne hook but his part was still good


Posted on Feb 20, 2009    

FredRico
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FredRico
Total Ratings: 1308
Rating:  43211
Nice! ;)


Posted on Feb 21, 2009    

maxa#17
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Total Ratings: 50
Rating:  54321
wheres weezys verse


Posted on Feb 21, 2009    

DaPlayboy522
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DaPlayboy522
Total Ratings: 102
Rating:  43211
The Mixtape is fire...this song is on point....lookin forward to the debut album.....Drizzy.....


Posted on Feb 21, 2009    

black Starz
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black Starz
Total Ratings: 78
Rating:  32121
wonder if he Pay$0z was on this with drake how it would sound


Posted on Feb 21, 2009    

shikea
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Total Ratings: 8
Rating:  21321
it would have been better if wayne had a verse not just a lil hook part LMAO.ITZ IGHT!!


Posted on Feb 21, 2009    

JuicioDominicano
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Total Ratings: 32
Rating:  54321
Definitely one of my favorite tracks off the mixtape, seconding would be Say What's Real, followed by The Calm


Posted on Feb 21, 2009    

jH4nd
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jH4nd
Total Ratings: 214
Rating:  54321
Damn, this @*#$! is fire. Beat and flow hooked me right from the beginning. Great lyrically, awesome collabo. And to contradict some of you, I could definitely hear this played all over the South, atleast Chattanooga and Below... idk what those whackass people north of chattanooga listen to. :D


Posted on Feb 21, 2009    

jvalz83
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Posted on Feb 21, 2009    

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